Latest Contest: Alien Contact!

The Latest Contest: Alien Contact.

Entries are Here

This contest runs from August 1st, 2007 to Midnight, EST October 15th, 2007

Feel free to discuss art in general at our community here.

The Aliens are coming - or are they already here?  Are they friendly or hostile?  It's time for us to make contact with other sentient life - and you're going to draw it!

For this contest, you're going to portray an alien race.  You can show an individual, a group, or however else you want to interpret the results.  Just give us an interpretation of a randomly generated alien race your way!

What Generators You May Use:

• Alien Race Names - Produces names for alien races, with a more retro/pulp feel.  Good if you want that feel, or just a name to work from.
  
  • Alien Race Generator - Produces results at various levels of detail.  You may use any of the levels of detail.  Some can be very complex, but can be inspiring, or good if you want more detail than just a name.
    

Rules:

• You may make up to two entries.  The entries may use either generator category.  You can make both from the same generator, or one for each generator.
  
  • You may use other generators if you wish to add more contents or detail to the entry.
    
    • You may submit "for fun" entries as many times as you want.  These are entries entered with no goal of them being judged, but to share with others.  You may swap "for fun" and official entries at any time.
      
      • You may use ANY medium as long as you can eventually put it on the web as an image - painting, CGI, cosplay, sculpture, baked goods, etc.
        
        • You are responsible for hosting your entry in an image format at your own site, deviantart, photobucket, or another such place etc.  Direct submissions of art will be rejected in most cases.
          
          • If your entry has nudity or mature content, you are responsible for warnings or proper classifications on the storage site.  There will be a warning on the link from the contest page to the art.  Please keep things within reasonable good taste.
            
            • If at all possible, post generator results at your hosting site so people can judge how well you followed them.  I must have the generator results there, or sent to me as part of your submission, so the judges know what results you used.
              
              • Entries must be made specifically for this contest - previous entries or other generator-driven art may not be used.
                
                • Please post a link back to this page with the entry.
                  

To Submit:
You may submit your creation in one of several ways:

• You may post a response with link to this livejournal entry.
  
  • You may post a response with link to this Message Board post.
    
    • You may post a response with link to this Deviantart Post.
      
      • You may use the "Send Comment" button in the menu to send a link.
        
        • You may email me at DragonScholar(at)gmail.com.
          
          • If your entry is not posted within three days, please re-submit it.
            

All entries must include a link to the art.  As noted, please ensure the results of the generators used are at the point of storage. Please be sure that there is some way to contact you if you have won so you can get your prize - email, AIM, something specific tied to your submission.

Prizes

• There will be one (1) First Place winner, who will recieve a $35 gift certificate from amazon.com or an appropriate vendor of the winner's choice.
  
  • There will be two (2) Runner-up. Each will get a $20 gift certificate from amazon.com or an appropriate vendor of the winner's choice.
    
    • Winners may not participate in the next contest, but will instead be asked to judge it.
      
      • If you win three contests here, be it grand prize or runner up, you will be inducted into the The Hall of Fame.  Hall of Fame entrants may not enter future contests except "For Fun" entries, in order to encourage new artists to compete.